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Departures ( Japanese: おくりびと, Hepburn: Okuribito, "one who sends off") is a 2008 Japanese drama film directed by Yōjirō Takita and starring Masahiro Motoki, Ryōko Hirosue, and Tsutomu Yamazaki.
Jun 19, 2009 · Departures is a 2008 Oscar-winning film about a cellist who becomes a mortician in his hometown. The film explores the themes of life, death, and human relationships through the eyes of Daigo, who learns to prepare the bodies of the deceased with dignity and respect.
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- Drama
- Yôjirô Takita
- 2009-06-19
Soon after buying an expensive cello, Daigo Kobayashi (Masahiro Motoki) learns that his orchestra is disbanding. Daigo and his wife move back to his hometown in northern Japan, where he answers an...
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- Yojiro Takita
- PG-13
- Masahiro Motoki
This Academy Award-winning drama follows Daigo Kobayashi (Masahiro Motoki), a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved, suddenly leaving him without a job.
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- Yojiro Takita
- PG-13
- Yukari Tachibana
The film follows his profound and sometimes comical journey with death as he uncovers the wonder, joy and meaning of life and living. aka Okuribito.Daigo...
- 2 min
- 202.4K
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Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and now finds himself without a job. Daigo decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work and start over.
